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Disruptive technologies in mobile imaging: Taking smartphone cameras to the next level
We always look closely to the professionalism of DxO Mark: The trusted industry standard for camera and lens image quality and today they have published a comprehensive overview of smartphone camera technologies and their impact on image quality measurements from 2012 to today. In their article, they look at the evolution of both Photo and Video scores by comparing one of the first high-end devices they tested, the Nokia 808 PureView, to today’s flagship phones, such as the Google Pixel 2, the iPhone X, and the Samsung Galaxy Note 8. They also analyze how the introduction of innovative imaging technologies, such as dual-cameras, multi-frame-stacking, and dual-pixel autofocus have impacted different aspects…
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DxO Mark Roll Out New Mobile Camera Smartphone Test Suite
DxO Mark have this morning released a major update to their DxOMark Mobile test suite for evaluating smartphone camera image quality. This new version allows DxOMark tests to cover many of the new features and technologies found in current and upcoming generations of smartphone. DxOMark’s new Mobile protocol addresses these new smartphone photo capabilities by providing: An all-new Zoom sub-score based on extensive testing at multiple focal lengths. An all-new Bokeh sub-score using a scene carefully designed to allow comparisons. Low-light testing down to 1 Lux. Motion added to the test suite for more accurate evaluation of camera performance in real-world situations. Expanded lab and outdoor test scenes. With the…
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Mostly Mobile Photography & Mobile Art – Tickle Your Fancy #55
Welcome back to our fifty third post in our ‘Tickle Your Fancy’ section. ‘Tickle Your Fancy’ includes a round-up of between three to five links to articles from around the internet that have specifically interested us during the course of the week. Ones that we feel are relevant to your interest in photography and art. Just to explain the title for this section ‘Tickle Your Fancy’ is an English idiom and essentially means that something appeals to you and perhaps stimulates your imagination in an enthusiastic way, we felt it would make a great title for this new section of the site. Enjoy!
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Moto X Style Smartphone Review – Kevin Carter
Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxOMark (the reference for image quality) and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently tested the hot new Moto X Style smartphone. Kevin explains “In our industry standard tests the Moto X Style attained high scores across many of the categories and is a well-balanced performer overall. Scores for Exposure and contrast and Color are on a par with the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and iPhone 6 Plus and remained competitive for Autofocus, Texture (detail), and for control of Noise and Artifacts”. Take a look at the DxO link here for Kevin’s review and…
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Sony Xperia Z3 DxO Review – Kevin Carter
Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxOMark and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently as tested Sony’s Xperia Z3 smartphone. Kevin explains “With an over DxOMobile score of 82 points, the Xperia Z3+ shows some slight improvement in image quality over its predecessors the Z3 and Z2, which both achieved the same score of 79 points. However, while the improvement isn’t huge exactly, it is good enough to place the flagship Z3+ in the Top 3 — in joint third place next to the latest iteration of Apple’s smartphone, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Take a look at…
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Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Scientific Review: Bigger and Better – Official Technical Test
Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxOMark and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently tested the Apple’s new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The DxOMark tests represent the official gold standard scientific data and is the industry standard. Kevin/DxOMark have compared the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus to notable smartphones in the industry, as well as between each other, as you will see in the report. DPReview use Kevin’s scientific data in their reviews, as they show here, “The DxOMark team reports the iPhone 6 shows “very good overall exposure, impressive autofocus performance in both low and bright…
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LG G2 Review – DxO Mark/Kevin Carter Take a Look
Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxOMark and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently as tested the LG G2 smartphone. DPReview use Kevin’s scientific data in their reviews, as they say here, ‘We have added DxOMark Mobile’s report to our camera review of the LG G2. The report includes DxO Lab’s usual industrial-quality scientific measurements. Their imaging experts have analyzed 14 aspects of mobile imaging including detailed image quality assessment, flash performance, autofocus reliability and more to calculate a final score’. Take a look at the DxO link here for Kevin’s review and interesting camera capability findings. To read…
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Nokia Lumia 1020 Overview – Kevin Carter Reviews For DxO Mark and DPReview
Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxO Mark and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently as tested the Nokia Lumia 1020 smartphone. DPReview use Kevin’s scientific data in their reviews, as they say here, ‘We have added DxOMark’s Mobile Report to our camera review of the Nokia Lumia 1020. The report includes DxO Lab’s usual industry-standard scientific measurements and analyzes 14 aspects of mobile imaging including detailed image quality assessment, flash performance, autofocus reliability and more to calculate a final score’ Take a look at the DxO link here for Kevin’s review and interesting findings regarding the video capabilities.…
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Kevin Carter Lead Technical Editor For DxO Mark Scores Samsung Galaxy S4 Highly
Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxO Mark and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently as tested the Samsung S4 smartphone, as dpreview have quoted, ‘DxO analyzed 14 aspects of mobile imaging including detailed image quality assessment, flash performance, autofocus reliability and more to calculate a final score’. Kevin scored the smartphone with a DxOMark Mobile score of 75 which ranks it as number two in the DxO smartphone rankings, between Nokia’s 808 and the Apple iPhone 5. Kevin reports that the Samsung Galaxy S4 captures images with “impressive detail preservation in bright light conditions,” “good auto-exposure even with…
